91. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, May 25, 2008, 1:12 pm PDT

It is good, but it would have gotten better if they had also mentioned that bacterias from minor blood vessels in the mouth of periodontic patients pass to the heart producing heart inflamation, which raise the risk of heart attack; therefore flossing is as important as brushing.

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92. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, May 25, 2008, 1:30 pm PDT

finally, someone NOT from dental school agrees w/what we dental professionals have been saying for a long time!

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93. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, May 25, 2008, 4:24 pm PDT

I used to have swelling problems with my feet and legs. Two years ago, my dentist pulled t6he remaining teeth in my mouth and replaced them with dentures. Well, no more swelling in my feet and legs. I believe tha infection in any part of the body affects other places in ways that probably haven't charted yet DFT

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94. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 6:16 am PDT

Elevated CPR tests indicate the presence of inflammation any where in the body, not just arteries; which is always increased in smokers, the obese and people with certain types of arthritis. A better test for arterial inflammation would be the PLAC test. As you admit at the end of your musings; the CPR test does not prove correlation of Periodontitis and heart disease or CAD; so the point of this article was what?

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95. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jun 08, 2008, 4:58 am PDT

A light read on a serious subject. Thanks.

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